World & Nation
The Freedom of Information Act’s power is limited these days, especially after 9/11. Even local officials are shut out.
March 13, 2005
Opinion
“Sunshine Week” is a reminder of the need for government transparency.
March 17, 2021
Politics
The Legislature has sent Gov.
March 29, 1994
Business
Opening the book on long-hidden industry relationships, the federal government revealed nearly $3.5 billion worth of payments and other ties that U.S. doctors and teaching hospitals have with drug and medical-device companies.
Sept. 30, 2014
Open-access laws losing out to security and privacy fears, survey shows. Hidden data include medication errors in nursing homes.
March 12, 2006
Movies
Aug. 25, 2017
Pity that voters should need to chisel into the state Constitution their right to see the people’s business conducted in public.
Dec. 4, 2003
Records and meetings of the Council of Economic Advisers are not open to the public because the body’s sole purpose is to advise the President, a federal appeals court ruled today.
May 24, 1985
At dawn, families by the hundreds rolled up their bed mats, folded their plastic tents, scraped the last of the morning cornmeal from their pots and moved to the road.
Aug. 25, 1995
In the dark on doctor perks
Feb. 1, 2013